ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,756, issued on May 12, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Distal end assembly guidance" was invented by Avigdor Rosenberg (Kiryat Tivon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a catheter alignment system includes a catheter to be inserted into a body part, and including catheter electrodes to contact tissue at respective locations within the body part, a display, and processing circuitry to receive signals provided by the catheter, assess respective levels of contact of ones of the catheter electrodes with the tissue of the body part responsively to the received signals, find a directi...